When My 8-Year-Old Said These 5 Horrifying Words, I Had To Change Everything About My Parenting
1 year, 9 months ago

When My 8-Year-Old Said These 5 Horrifying Words, I Had To Change Everything About My Parenting

Huff Post  

The author with her daughter. By the time my daughter was 2 years old, she’d started experiencing anxiety that I believed was related to the back-and-forth of the court-ordered weekly custody schedule. I sought help from professionals, and was given the same message over and over: “…Once ‘school refusal’ starts, no matter what, you must get them into the building, or they will never go back.” I did what I was told and often sat outside the school listening to her screaming with such intensity that my own mental health began to suffer. Photo Courtesy of Amanda Bacon-Davis In January of 2022, my husband and I pulled into the school parking lot, my daughter in the backseat fighting us like her life depended on it, her little arms wrapped around a bar under the front seat so we couldn’t physically move her without hurting her. Amanda Bacon-Davis is a two-time national award-winning author of “This Thing Has A Name,” a children’s book designed to help children and their loved ones identify, normalize and tame anxiety.

School Car Behavior Anxiety Help Way Started Daughter My Husband My Daughter Every Day Her Behavior Her Anxiety  anxiety  way  words  horrifying  change  started  parenting  car  behavior  help  8yearold  school  shed  day  daughter

Discover Related